Cavia porcellus 63_3
Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Mammalia; Eutheria; Euarchontoglires; Glires; Rodentia; Hystricognathi; Caviidae; Cavia
The guinea pig or domestic guinea pig (Cavia porcellus), also known as the cavy or domestic cavy (/ˈkeɪvi/ KAY-vee), is a species of rodent belonging to the genus Cavia, family Caviidae. Breeders tend to use the name "cavy" for the animal, but "guinea pig" is more commonly used in scientific and laboratory contexts. Despite their name, guinea pigs are not native to Guinea, nor are they closely related to pigs. Instead, they originated in the Andes region of South America, where wild guinea pigs can still be found today. Studies based on biochemistry and DNA hybridization suggest they are domesticated animals that do not exist naturally in the wild, but are descendants of a closely related cavy species such as C. tschudii. Originally, they were domesticated as livestock (source of meat) in the Andean region and are still consumed in some parts of the world.
Sequence Statistics
| No Sequences | 19774 |
|---|---|
| No Amino Acids | 10318352 |
| Min Seq. Length | 12 |
| Avg. Seq. Length | 521.814 |
| Max Seq. Length | 16522 |
| Seq. Length 1σ | 513.296 |
Disorder Prediction Statistics
| Predictor | % Genome Disordered | % Genome Disordered in SCOP Domains | Avg. % of Seq. Disordered | Avg. % of Disordered Regions in SCOP Domains | Avg. % of Seq. Disordered and in SCOP Domains |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VLXT | 33.658 | 7.573 | 32.116 | 32.942 | 8.042 |
| VSL2b | 41.949 | 8.292 | 39.898 | 30.867 | 8.999 |
| PrDOS | 40.018 | 5.839 | 38.572 | 24.692 | 6.460 |
| PV2 | 47.963 | 11.759 | 49.435 | 32.730 | 14.013 |
| IUPred-S | 20.272 | 1.741 | 19.476 | 17.306 | 2.119 |
| IUPred-L | 23.144 | 2.193 | 24.152 | 21.299 | 2.755 |
| Espritz-N | 31.149 | 4.966 | 28.524 | 26.667 | 4.993 |
| Espritz-X | 19.302 | 1.288 | 19.636 | 14.594 | 1.849 |
| Espritz-D | 7.467 | 0.545 | 26.851 | 9.729 | 4.917 |
SUPERFAMILY Domains
| % Amino Acids with SCOP Assignment | % Sequences with SCOP Assignment | No of Domains | No of Superfamilies | No of Families | Avg. Family Size | Avg. Domain Length | Domain Pairs | Unique Domain Architectures |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 45 | 73 | 28466 | 1095 | 1334 | 26 | 522 | 1433 | 4475 |